The first empire to flourish in what is now this modern nation reached its height under the ruler Ezana, who helped hasten decline of a rival to the west of this modern nation, Meroe. Ezana also adopted Christianity as his state religion, making Axum in this modern nation the first to officially declare that faith. This nation was the site of the 1896 Battle of Adowa, where a force led by Oreste Baratieri was defeated by this nation's Menelik II.
The first empire to flourish in what is now this modern nation reached its height under the ruler Ezana, who helped hasten decline of a rival to the west of this modern nation, Meroe. Ezana also adopted Christianity as his state religion, making Axum in this modern nation the first to officially declare that faith. This nation was the site of the 1896 Battle of Adowa, where a force led by Oreste Baratieri was defeated by this nation's Menelik II. Also the realm of the emperor born as Ras Tafari, FTP name this nation on the Horn of Africa, once ruled by Haile Selassie.
The first empire to flourish in what is now this modern nation reached its height under the ruler Ezana, who helped hasten decline of a rival to the west of this modern nation, Meroe.
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